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The Invasive Joro Spider Is Getting Cozy in the U.S.
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo Canada News· 12 hours agoScientists confirmed the first known occurrence of the Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) in North America in 2013. Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) An...
Rangers shot dead a 14-foot crocodile after it killed a girl swimming in an Australian creek
CTV News· 8 hours agoThe attack has rekindled debate on whether more should be done to curb the crocodile population in...
N.B. invasive species council raises alarm over harmful rose
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoThe New Brunswick Invasive Species Council is raising awareness about a rose species that's harming...
‘Most complete dinosaur’ in a century unearthed in the Isle of Wight
PA Media: Science via Yahoo Canada News· 22 hours agoA new species of plant-eating dinosaur that was as big as a male American bison roamed the Isle of...
Isle of Wight: 'Most complete' dinosaur named after finder
BBC News· 17 hours agoA new species of dinosaur unearthed on the Isle of Wight has been named in honour of the man who...
Grizzly bears back in crosshairs as Alberta lifts hunting ban in select cases
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoAlberta’s government is allowing targeted hunts on “problem” grizzly bears after a nearly 20-year...
Rare Florida cactus becomes first U.S. species lost to sea rise
The Raw Story· 1 day agoA rare species of tree cactus has gone extinct in Florida, in what is believed to be the first species lost to sea level rise in the United States, researchers ...
The difficult job of defining a species
The Week via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoCredit: Andy Soloman / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Taxonomy, or the naming of species, is surprisingly complicated – and contentious....
Bats have complex social lives, researchers say
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoLesser horseshoe bats are among the species being studied during the project [Daniel Hargreaves / The Vincent Wildlife Trust] Bats have complex social...
Brain Size Myth Debunked With New Evolutionary Insights
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoResearchers have found that brain size does not increase proportionally with body size in larger...
